[Chapter-delegates] Application to form the Internet Society Chapter on Internet of Food

Fri Apr 3 07:18:55 PDT 2015

Dear Colleagues,

2015-04-03 7:52 GMT+02:00 Saso Nozic Serini <sasonozic at gmail.com>:

> Issues of food security, food waste management, food quality transparency,
> health & food connections and food environments are and should be one of
> the key issues of our existence as humans on Earth and they show our care
> and good intention not just for our health, but also for health of other
> beings and health of Earth itself as a Planet.
>

That's all very true and many of us probably are willing to make an effort
that there is enough of healthy food for everybody on our Planet. That's a
real challenge for humanity, may be even bigger than the model of Internet
governance...

Having said so, I must admit I have some reservation towards an idea of
using Chapter mechanism to support this noble idea among members of
Internet Society in particular and world population in general.

The authors say:

*" Internet of Food is a concept equivalent to Internet of Things"*
The idea Internet of Things is that "Things" have some networked processors
and communicate with each other via e.g. IP protocol. They are just (in
some sence) an extension of Internet network. It is easy to imagine a
"smart" refrigerator, which sends a message to nearest shop to order the
food, which his owner likes and his health allows him to eat. On the
contrary I can hardly imagine an apple with chip inside...

The same is with Interplanetary Internet Chapter, which deals with using
space for IP communication (and not to explore interplanetary space) or
Disability Chapter which deals to make Internet easier accessible for
disabled persons (and not to heal diseases or reduce accidents, which led
to disability).

*" Yet, the discussion on how we combine the power of the Internet with
food is little explored in spite of its massive potential to affect key
areas such as food security, transparency, health and food waste through*
*innovation and openness. "*

Of course, Internet might be useful to solve many food problems, being
nowadays indispensable tool for communication and propagation of ideas for
any issue.

*"The proposed chapter on Internet of Food aims at leading the discussion
regarding this new field and to engage a wide audience in building better
solutions for how to feed the planet in a healthy and sustainable way."*

In this context, Internet just serves as a tool of discussion, in the same
manner as telephone, newspapers and other media. The very topic of the
discussion (food) cannot be easily linked to Internet.

In short: the topic is very important, the goals of the founders are noble
and worth supporting, but the Chapter mechanisms seem not appriopriate for
this purpose.

With best regards,

Jacek Gajewski
ISOC Poland Chapter

> By definiton of Committee on World Food Security (three Rome-based UN
> Agencies: The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)
> <http://www.fao.org/index_en.htm>, The International Fund for
> Agricultural Development (IFAD) <http://www.ifad.org/>and  The World Food
> Programme (WFP)): <http://www.wfp.org/>*"Food security exists when all
> people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to
> sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food
> preferences for an active and healthy life". *And from the core begining
> of movement for free internet, innovations and openness of internet, there
> are strong and bold connection between those two. There is also onother
> issue which consider healthy use of internet in connection with sliping
> patterns and junk food advertisement on internet :"Media clearly play an
> important role in the current epidemic of childhood and adolescent obesity.
> The sheer number of advertisements that children and adolescents see for
> junk food and fast food have an effect. So, too, does the shift away from
> good nutritional practices that increased media screen time seems to
> create. Any success in dealing with the current epidemic will require a
> major change in society's recognition of media exposure as a major risk
> factor for obesity and in young people's media habits and the
> advertisements to which they are "TV and other media are known to displace
> or disturb young people's sleep patterns. A longitudinal study of
> adolescents in New York found that viewing 3 or more hours/day of
> TV/Internet doubled the risk of difficulty falling asleep compared with
> adolescents who watch less than 1 hour/day. There is also now evidence that
> later bedtimes and less sleep may be associated with a greater risk of
> obesity. The mechanism may be that sleep loss leads to increased snacking
> and consumption of less healthy foods to maintain energy, that sleep
> deprivation leads to fatigue and therefore greater sedentary behavior, or
> that children who do not get enough sleep have metabolic changes as well"*.
> In my conclusion statement, *I gave my strongly support *to establishment
> of special ISOC  "Chapter of Food" which can/will  also deal with healthy
> Internet use, healthy food advocacy  and ecology/environment/sustainability
> awareness advocacy issues in connection with use of internet.
> About some concernings of incomplatibles of that issue and ISOC agenda I
> will just quote:
> "*By connecting the world, working with others, and advocating for equal
> access to the Internet, the Internet Society strives to make the world a
> better place. At the foundation of our work are a vision and a mission.
> Vision :The Internet is for everyone. Mission :To promote the open
> development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all
> people throughout the world"*.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Saso
>
>
> Saso Nozic Serini
> Member of the Presidency ISOC.SI
> ISOC-SI (President: Prof. Dr. Borka Jerman-Blazic)
> Jamova cesta 39
> 1000 Ljubljana-SI-EU
> tel.: +386 1 4773 756
>
>
>
>
> *From the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement,  Children,
> Adolescents, Obesity, and the Media
> Council on Communications and Media, American Academy of Pediatrics
> 141 Northwest Point Blvd., Elk Grove Village
>
> I
>
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 6:10 PM, Joyce Dogniez <dogniez at isoc.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> The following application for a Chapter on Internet of Food has been
>> received.
>> It is being sent to this list for peer comment and review. Please note
>> that the Chapter is not yet formed and has not been officially recognised
>> by the Internet Society.
>>
>> As this application for a topic based Chapter that would be a little
>> different from the geography based ones, here is a little explanation of
>> the concept (an excerpt from the application):
>> Internet of Food is a concept equivalent to Internet of Things, though
>> more complex and dynamic and with potentially larger impact on human life.
>> Yet, the discussion on how we combine the power of the Internet with food
>> is little explored in spite of its massive potential to affect key areas
>> such as food security, transparency, health and food waste through
>> innovation and openness. The proposed chapter on Internet of Food aims at
>> leading the
>> discussion regarding this new field and to engage a wide audience in
>> building better solutions for how to feed the planet in a healthy and
>> sustainable way.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> If there are people on this list that know any of the individuals
>>
>> proposing to establish the Chapter, their feedback is especially welcome.
>>
>> The period allowed for comments is two weeks and the deadline is April 16,
>> 2015.
>>
>> Please do not hesitate to contact me on or off list.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Tommi Karttaavi
>> Manager, Chapter Development - Europe
>> Internet Society
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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